THE NEW YORKER ered [and resold], and tens of millions of dollars are distributed amongst the insurers, that will only be a small pro- portion of the losses that we've paid," he added. NASA, though, was excited about the retrieval, since it would act not only as a demonstration of what the shuttle could do but also as a means of restoring confidence among the space agency's clients. Because of the PAM-D failures-and for other reasons as well, such as the frequent, expensive delays in the shuttle pro- gram-insurance premiums for satel- lites, normally six or seven per cent, had soared as high as eighteen per cent. The Department of Defense, NASA's biggest customer, was threat- ening to shift ten payloads that had been scheduled for the shuttle to con- ventional rockets; although there were undoubtedly some at the Space Center who would be glad to see the military payloads go, the loss would be an enormous financial blow to NASA. Of more immediate concern, two civilian payloads that had been scheduled for launching from the orbiter in August on PAM - Ds had been pulled from the manifest; perhaps 51-A's single great- est public-relations coup was the flaw- less launch, just after arriving in orbit, of Anik, a Canadian communications satellite. This was the first time a PAM - D had been used since the double failure, and it indicated that the prob- lem with the lower-stage nozzle's car- bon lining had been solved. The crew also successfully launched another sat- ellite-Syncom, which belonged to Hughes Aircraft-in an entirely dif- ferent fashion: Syncom was rolled out sidewise from the cargo bay, a little like a depth charge from a destroyer. The crew's emblem for the mission, which the astronauts wore as a patch on their shirts, showed two satellites whizzing over an eagle, which sym- bolized the orbiter. Before launch, the astronauts had identified the two tenta- tively as Anik and Syncom-they did not want to label them Palapa and W estar, fearing they might put a jinx on the retrieval. ^ S a demonstration of the technical .n. excellence of the participants, 51-A was superb in every way, not only with respect to its accomplish- ments but also with respect to its aes- thetics: the sight of the white-suited astronauts darting about on their M.M.U.s with their stingers-hard- ware developed for the retrieval-ex- tended ahead of them like lances, or wrestling with the enormous satellites, 99 · J;}'/d Þ r H (;12 DALLAS{C , If business forces you to leave your residence, welcome to ours. A stay with us is much like a visit to a very accommodating residence, one with the highest standards of hospitality. Only one hundred forty-three guestrooms and suites in an exquisitely restored Mediterranean mansion. A Hotel and Restaurant in the Rosewood Tradition of Excellence. 2821 Turtle Creek Boule\ard, Dallas. Texas 75219 214 559-2100 TOLL FREE 800 527 -5432 In Texas 800 442-3408 Member of the Preferred Hotels Association and ., : oteJsofthtfWorld \\ Don't you just love It's from the it ? . I Summer Fashion Book IIAnd I bought il without ever leaving home. 1I That's the beauty of shopping at Lord & Taylor through the pages of our Summer Fashion Book You will be able to choose from page after page of marvelous ways to look-the easy new shaping the exuberant color, the fabulous accessories thai pull it all together. Fashion to love now and forever, much of ,t exclusive I from the famous Fifth Avenue specialty department store that originated the American Look in fashion. Summer begins with the Lord & Taylor Summer Fashion Book-wouldn't it be fun to have your very own copy? Send 3.00 by March 15th and we'll reserve a copy jusl for you. Catalogue Department Lord & Taylor-424 Fifth Avenue New York, N. y: 10018 o Please send me my copy of the Lord & Taylor 1985 Summer fashion Catalogue D Enclosed ;s my check or money order for 3.00. (Please do not send currency). Nome Address City State IIp If your order ;s receIved after March 15th we will send our fall fashion Catalogue instead